Bot intelligence record
Hype Machine
Usually allowUse the Hype Machine identifier to separate Hype Machine uptime, accessibility, or site-health monitoring traffic from normal visitor requests in server logs.
- Operator
- Hype Machine
- Family
- Hype Machine
- Type
- Monitoring
- Source type
- Verified Directory
- Last checked
- 2026-05-20
User-Agent Pattern
Hype MachineHype Machine
User-agent strings are identification signals, not proof of identity. Confirm important allow, block, or rate-limit decisions with logs, DNS or IP evidence, request behavior, or operator documentation when available.
Robots.txt Snippet
Click snippet to copyUser-agent: Hype Machine Disallow: /Click the snippet to copy it, or highlight the text manually.
Handling Guidance
DependsThis bot is usually safe to allow when the request source is verified and the traffic matches your site policy.
Uptime checks, managed website monitoring, synthetic tests, accessibility scans, or site-health reviews.
Record Details
Structured data- Operator
- Hype Machine
- Family
- Hype Machine
- Type
- Monitoring
- Purpose
- Monitoring
- Identity type
- Verified Bot
- Confidence
- Medium
- Last verified
- 2026-04-01
- Last checked
- 2026-05-20
- Source type
- Verified Directory
- Verification
- Validate the identifying user-agent or signature against the operator documentation before creating hard allow rules.
- Spoofing risk
- User-agent strings can be spoofed. For allow-listing or low-friction rules, pair the published identifier with operator documentation or cryptographic verification when available.
Notes
Hype Machine is listed in the Botcrawl directory as a monitoring bot from Hype Machine. The primary identifier for log review is Hype Machine.
Identification
- User-agent pattern:
Hype Machine - Family: Hype Machine
- Type: Monitoring
- Kind: Monitor
Common use
Uptime checks, managed website monitoring, synthetic tests, accessibility scans, or site-health reviews.
Verification and handling
Confirm the user-agent against server logs and use published operator documentation, IP ranges, reverse DNS, or other trust signals when available.
Directory guidance marks the risk level as Safe and the blocking decision as Depends. Do not rely on the user-agent string alone because user-agent strings can be copied or spoofed.
Robots.txt handling: No.
Evidence and Source
- Validate the identifying user-agent or signature against the operator documentation before creating hard allow rules.
- Match `Hype Machine` as a case-insensitive substring in HTTP user-agent logs. Use bot_http_agent for full user-agent examples when the client sends a longer browser-like string. Do not treat a user-agent match alone as proof of identity for allow-listing.
- Uptime checks, managed website monitoring, synthetic tests, accessibility scans, or site-health reviews.
- User-agent strings can be spoofed. For allow-listing or low-friction rules, pair the published identifier with operator documentation or cryptographic verification when available.
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